Gwell City Mall [지웰시티몰]

The NCI team is up in arms when Kang Ki-hyung’s (Son Hyun-joo) son, Han-byul (Kim Kang-hoon), ends up with the Reaper while at a mall in episode 3 and 4 of Criminal Minds (크리미널 마인드) (tvN, 2017). Kim Hyun-jun (Lee Joon-gi) and Ha Sun-woo (Moon Chae-won) heads to the mall to meet up with Ki-hyung’s wife, Hye-won (Oh Yeon-soo), to aid in the search. Hyun-jun eventually finds the boy sitting on a ride in a small carnival area at the outside of the building. In episode 19, restaurant Cafe Deppoki [카페드뽀끼] that is situated within this mall appears in Kang Ki-hyung’s (Son Hyun-joo) flashback sequence of him having a meal with his late wife, Hye-won (Oh Yeon-soo).

Gwell City Mall [지웰시티몰] is located in Cheongju-si, North Chungcheong province. It is divided into two buildings: Gwell City Mall 1 and 2. Some scenes were filmed inside Gwell City Mall 2 (B1) and outside the mall near the connecting bridge between both buildings.

Getting here: Take a bus to Cheongju Express Bus Terminal (청주고속버스터미널) from the Express Bus Terminal in Seoul. Once there, locate the 831 bus and take it to Gwell City (6 stops). The journey should take around 1hr 40mins.